Postage Stamps Luxembourg 2001

Charity on postage stamps

This is the first set of a new cycle of postal values, dedicated to animals living in the fields and forests of Luxembourg. The stamps depict the following subjects, painted in oil on canvas by Lorraine wildlife artist Yvan Ridel.
Luxembourg Charity

Kiwanis

Kiwanis International is a world-wide organisation of service clubs founded in the United States in 1915 and now established in 82 countries. Approximately 8,600 clubs have a total of more than 300,000 members.
Kiwanis Club

Christmas

In Luxembourg and the neighbouring areas, children wait impatiently each year for the morning of 6 December. It is during the night before this feast day that St. Nicholas, accompanied by his old donkey loaded with toys and sweets and by "Père Fouettard" - a truly frightening character, dressed in rags and carrying a tattered sack full of whips - brings his presents to well-behaved children.
Christmas 2001

European Year of Languages

The European Year of Languages 2001, whose official logo is reproduced on the postage stamp of Luxembourg, is organized by the European Union and the Council of Europe and aims to celebrate Europe's linguistic diversity and to promote language learning.
European Year of Languages

Travelling by stamp

This new postage stamp series of Luxembourg is made up of three values that illustrate in a contemporary style, using a comic strip motif, three of the many challenges threatening the future of human civilization.
Travelling into the future

Euro

P&T Luxembourg, an official partner of the euro-campaign directed by the "Banque Centrale de Luxembourg" and operator of a large network of sales-counters in the Grand Duchy, will assume, together with banks and businesses of Luxembourg, a large part of the responsibility of putting the euro in circulation and of retiring national coins and banknotes.
Euro

Grand Duke Henri

The new series of definitive postage stamps of Luxembourg bearing the portrait of Grand Duke Henri was issued on 1 October 2001. This is the first series of Luxembourg stamps whose face value is expressed in euros only.
Grand Duke Henri

Tribute to rescuers

Luxembourg issued a series of three stamps on 22 May 2001 dedicated to rescuers. The series pays a tribute to volunteers and professionals who are ready to risk their health and even their lives to save accident victims and the sick whose lives are in peril.
Tribute to rescuers

Europe 2001

The Europe 2001 stamps show a stream of clear fresh water, as well as a pond which is home to numerous species.
Luxembourg Europe 2001

Humanitarian activity

In the spring of 1999 the great charitable organisations of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg redoubled their efforts to raise funds to support the displaced population of this deadly section of the Balkans.
Humanitarian activity

Postal vehicles

The new booklet of Luxembourg "Postal vehicles of the past" was made up of six stamps of 3 fr and six stamps of 18 fr.
Postal vehicles in booklet

More Postage Stamps

More Postage stamps from Luxembourg
Stamps from Luxembourg
Luxembourg 2002
Luxembourg 2000 and 1999

Postzegels kopen en verkopen: tips waarmee u geld verdient, is geschikt voor elke postzegelverzamelaar; of u nu net bent begonnen of al jaren verzamelt, met de tips in deze uitgave kunt u goedkoper of meer verzamelen.
Postzegels kopen en verkopen

Sinds de verschijning van de vorige bundel in de serie verzamelwoede heeft Ruud van Capelleveen honderden artikelen over postzegels, het verzamelen van postzegels en de postzegelhandel geschreven. De beste honderd artikelen uit deze jaren werden opgenomen in zijn nieuwe bundel met 'verzamelwoedes'. Voor 'Verzamelwoede 4' selecteerde Ruud van Capelleveen ook een aantal artikelen over de postzegelhandel die niet eerder werden gepubliceerd. Deze artikelen kunnen beschouwd worden als een aanvulling van zijn succesvolle uitgave 'Postzegels kopen en verkopen'.
Bekijk: Verzamelwoede 4

Deze bundel bevat honderd columns over postzegels en het verzamelen van filatelistische stukken. Deze columns bestrijken een breed spectrum van de filatelie: naast een groot aantal achtergrondverhalen over basisbegrippen voor postzegelverzamelaars bevat deze bundel ook een aantal stukken waarin Ruud van Capelleveen zijn licht laat schijnen over postzegels, eerstedagenveloppen en allerlei andere onderwerpen die interessant zijn voor de waarachtig geïnteresseerde postzegelverzamelaar.
Bekijk: Verzamelwoede 3

Verzamelwoede 2
Verzamelwoede 1